“Any Words You Can Say” Click on the link above to hear the original song from Silver Laughter’s first album,”Handle With Care” performed live. Steve Elliott, one of the founding members, was kind enough to send me some live cuts… Read More ›
Quad Cities
Morninglight – A Silver Laughter Connection
This morning I found someone had posted an old article, probably from the Quad City Times, the Davenport newspaper. The story and picture highlight the band, Morninglight of which Ken Wiles was a member. Somehow they managed to get written… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Played The Ranch & Company – December 1978
I am not sure who printed these cards. It could have been Jon and Kim’s dad. I just don’t know. But it seems unlikely that a club owner would print something like this to hand out to its customers especially… Read More ›
Silver Laughter History – The Contents Are:
Fortunately, I was in my first professional band just out of high school. They had what I thought was a strange name; The Contents Are:. People told me they got the idea from the ingredients on a soup can label…. Read More ›
Silver Laughter Has an International Audience!
Since the site began, I have seen people view us from all over the world! Today in addition to the US, we had visitors from Poland, France, Germany, Mexico, Brazil, Finland and Austria. My hope is one day some of… Read More ›
Early Silver Laughter Photos
These are very early Silver Laughter pictures that Carl sent me. Some of them have been posted elsewhere on this site. The first two are from the band shell down at the park on the levee in Davenport. From left… Read More ›
Revisit of Silver Laughter’s Booking Calendar for October 1978
The end of September put us in Hastings, MN at the Ivanhoe. Our tenure there ended on Sunday, the first day of October. On the second day, we packed up and played one night at The Mermaid Club. I have… Read More ›
The First Four of Ten Days Until Silver Laughter’s IRRMA Induction Performance
I love it when a plan comes together… sort of. Upon arriving in Davenport Friday night, August 22, to rehearse for 5 days, I went to pick up my rental car. Since I was there I checked at the rental… Read More ›
Revisit of Silver Laughter’s Booking Calendar for June 1978
Finally, a very busy month with only 5 days off! If you remember, we started the last day of May at a place called the Briarwood… sounds like the name of the club in Caddyshack! After 5 nights there, we… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Poster From The Cavern
Here is another contribution from Carl Frisch from his collection. It was an advertisement for Silver Laughter at the Cavern. This is the place we were playing when Mark was leaving the band, and where we met Ken who we… Read More ›